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Aircraftman 1St Class ERNEST EDWARD WARD-PURKIS

Service Number: 846373
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force)

952 Balloon Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 17 December 1940

Buried or commemorated at

SHEERNESS CEMETERY, ISLE OF SHEPPEY

Sec. X.F. Grave 91.

United Kingdom

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Buried or commemorated at

SHEERNESS CEMETERY, ISLE OF SHEPPEY
Kent United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 166
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